In Search of the Next Big Idea

The Chicago Tribune

“For a committed Democrat,” writes the Chicago Tribune’s Michael Tackett, “Kenneth Baer looks to unlikely places for inspiration.” Tackett goes on to describe how Democracy, in just a year, has helped revitalize progressives’ interest in big ideas. “People are looking for a new generation, something fresh, and all the candidates are trying to capture that,” Baer tells him. “To [do] that you actually have to have something new to say. In 2009, regardless who is elected, [that person] has a huge opportunity to do something different and to take on big problems.”

Events

Democracy: A Journal of Ideas: On Tuesday, September 30, Democracy and the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy hosted a lively discussion on how progressives should approach regulation in the age of Uber, Airbnb, big data, high-speed broadband, and relentless innovation.